The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) failed to adopt a resolution Wednesday that would condemn the use of chemical weapons in Syria and appeal to its government to cooperate with an investigation. Ten of the UNSC members voted in favor of the resolution, including Egypt and Senegal, while Ethiopia abstained…

The death toll continues to climb following two separate bombing attacks on Coptic Christian churches in Egypt on Sunday morning. The Egyptian health ministry said 29 people were now confirmed dead in the blast at the Mar Girgis Coptic Church in the city of Tanta. A second explosion, about two…

The Egyptian president continues his official visit in Washington D.C., with a planned meeting between Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi and Jordanian leader King Abdullah II on Tuesday, the Middle East News Agency reports. Abdullah plans to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday. Israeli media outlets say that Egypt and Jordan…

It probably will not happen again in this life, says German Egyptologist Dietrich Raue. That’s what Raue told the Munich-based Süddeutsche Zeitung newspaper after he and Egyptian archaeological partner Ayman ​​Ashmawy discovered a colossal statue more than three millennia old at an ancient temple site of Heliopolis. The stunning discovery…

It’s World Wildlife Day on Friday, and African nations join the world with activities planned across the continent and its diverse habitats. This year’s theme for the United Nations event is “Listen to the young voices,” and most of the programs center on the hopes of African youth for a…

Egyptian officials have again denied any plan to cede part of the Sinai Peninsula to resettle Palestinians there, reaffirming their commitment to a two-state solution for Israelis and Palestinians in the troubled Middle East. Alaa Youssef, a spokesman for Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, said in a statement Thursday that…

African nations need to work a little harder to attract Chinese tourists, according to the travel experts at Skift. A new piece for their Gateway series looks at how more than 120 million Chinese tourists are looking for new holiday destinations beyond Europe, but beyond the safari adventure, they’re not…

There were 438 reported cases of interference with media professionals across Egypt in 2016, according to a new report from the Egyptian Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression (AFTE). The annual report on Egypt’s climate of repression found that journalists across the country’s 22 provinces were among the most…

The Islamic State affiliate based in Egypt’s Sinai region claimed responsibility Thursday for rockets launched at the Israeli resort city of Eilat the previous night. The Wilayat Sinai jihadists said they were behind the attack on the Red Sea coast; in an online statement, they warned that the rockets were…

The United Nations Day of Zero Tolerance drew attention to the ongoing fight against female genital mutilation (FGM) by highlighting both its consequences and some success stories on Monday. The 2017 theme for this International Day is: “Building a solid and interactive bridge between Africa and the world to accelerate…

The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention was officially open for business on Wednesday, following a ribbon cutting ceremony at the conclusion of this week’s African Union summit. The ceremony celebrated a state-of-the-art Emergency Operating Center in Addis Ababa designed to support early warning and response systems, deliver technical expertise…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered a strong rebuke to the United States Wednesday night, following a major speech by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on the Israeli-Palestinian peace and last week’s United Nations Security Council resolution on the legality of Israeli settlement expansion. “What he did was spend…

The Palestinian Solidarity Campaign (PSC) of South Africa has called for the immediate recall of the nation’s ambassador to Israel, a move the organization said will demonstrate support for the West African nation of Senegal amid the consequences of its United Nations Security Council resolution vote Friday. The 14-0 vote…

Egyptian authorities said Tuesday that they had arrested five people in connection with a troubling photo shoot involving a child, which they planned to pass off on social media as images from the Aleppo crisis in Syria. Security officials near the Suez Canal discovered the Port Said residents, who were…

It has been almost six years since the New Year’s Eve attack on a Coptic Christian cathedral in Alexandria, Egypt, that claimed 21 lives – in a bombing for which no one has ever been held accountable. On Sunday, in a new attack on Cairo’s main cathedral and the heart…

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